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so hard that one of the men hit
her; and the soldiers said she was
too ugly to brlngmthat the consul
didn't like ugly girls."
Claire laughed wildly.
“Oh! What beasts! Vvhat beasts
they are! To think-to think-oh!
I must see Iierr Lillenkranz at once."
Desperately she sprang from the
bed and rushed toward the chair on
which her clothes were hung, and
began to dress.
"I must see him at once," she
“He will send after Vana.
It will be easy to find her now that
the procession is halted."
Ayesha and Josepha
eauil other. .
"But the procession is not halted,"
they exclaimed t e er.
“Some mistake Claire returned
impatiently. "I heard the orders
given."
Swiftly, aided by the two girls,
she completed her attlrement and
hurried from the room.
.Down the stairs she ran. In the
lower hall an open doorway let out
a flood of light that argued spa-
ciousness and in
had guessed rightly.
looked at
self Weaker than she had supposed.
Then she poured forth her plea for
D8
Lilienkranz nodded.
“But surely!" he acceded. "I will
send at once. Pardon me for amo-
lent"
He left the room.
Soon he was back.
I have sent." he asserted. “The
girl shall be with you tonight. The
other two have relatives near here.
have they not? Good! think I
I have found them. They will he
here soon: and'if they are the right
ones I shall be glad. If there is
Anythlngeise I can do. Fraulein.-"
vClalre's eyes grew humid
elp these poor people
all vou can: a w you will
do that without askinz. nd-and
-1 yvrgte to you about some jew-
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"Ah! Yes! I had almost forgot-
ten. The Jewels from the cathedral
that you saved the Turkish
looter.-In It was a brave deed. Frau-
lein; worthy of one of your great
. nation."
‘It was easy to save them. It was
chiefly by chance that I managed it.
ut I fear or their safety. Any
day I may be killed and then?"
Claire paused expressively.
they will he
lost.
e said. a little breath.
lessly. “They are not Well hidden.
I had no chance or time to pick and
choose a nlace- But any Place
seemed safer than on my person.
So I hid them. And I told no one.
not even my girls. If you will gcL
.em
"lV'llllngly,
tell me Where
Fraulein,
they are
the car can be
if you will
I will go
the moment that
brought around."
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S0 Claire told him. Luckily or
Ilniuc-kily, she did not read the gleam
in his eye. In fact, she had little
chance to do so, for at that moment
a servant crime in with coffee; and
she drank a cup gratefully.
Then, with ears filled with the
(-onsul's assurances that the jewels
perhaps the-reaction
from all she had gone thru, was
hearing down upon her. Slowly and
slugglshly she moved. Only by a
desperate effort did she reach her
room.
mere t the l is ‘Your-your
friends have been found They are
coming. was-a dreadful yawn
-distorted her face-"oh, I am so
sleepy."
Llkealog she dropped down upon
the pillow. An instant later she
was asleep.
was long before she walked.
“'hen she did, the low western sun
was streaming Into her windows.
had disap-
woman came and explained that
both of them had gone.
“They found their friends," she
said, "and went away with them.
Greatly they longed to say farewell
to the gnadige lady; but she slept.
and the doctor said that she must
t e awakene Their friends
could not wait; and so, at last, they
IEO With them. They leave much
love for the gracious Fraulein."
Ciairedropped back into herchair
with wrinkled brows. Oi‘ ourse.
she told herself, she was glad that
Josephzi and Ayesha had found their
friends. Not for the world would
she hnife had.It otherwise. But she
could not help feeling grieved that
they should have left her alone. even
under the protection of the counsel,
and that they should have left her
without a spoken farewell.
No doubt, however, they had acted
for the best. Dully she turned to
But the woman
erplaincd. “But they seemed very
happy at finding them.
well-gchorn consul will
has on st Journey none. but soon will
return back. Meanwhile I am the
servant o a gracious lady. She
will to bathe wish-yes’ And the
fresh clot s to I d the
an the Herr
Let her sleep,‘ and
obey. nut now
Voluhly she cli.-uttered
Claire (lid not ask where the consul
had gone: her brain was still dulled.
but she thought that she could guess
‘ He had
and them on to the ambasssdo at
F and the ‘
covered the power to think and with
it the power to remember-and to
rear. Could she. after all, have
been tricked. No! No! it was un-
believable!
But her doubts. once raised. would
not down. Nervously she began to
pace the room. What should she do?
What could she do? She
wit not even a weapon to lull her-
sel. if need be. What should she
do?
A l boom, as of far-ofbcannon.
followed by a clamor in the house
below, interrupted the current of
her thoughts. Quickly she hurried
to the door.
Below stairs the clamor increased
. Then, abruptly, it died away
with a rush of flying feet.
The stillness that followed fright-
ened her. '
and looked
down to the hall below. Apparently
it was deserted. Hesitantly she de-
scended; and hesitantly she went to
the back door and looked into the
court. It, too, was deserted. Ter-
riiied now, she crossed the court to
the houses on the other side.
And there she found Josepha and
Ayesha.
osep . dead-mercifully.
Ayesha still lited, but her moments
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would send her home and would keep
the (‘resent ruled supreme. Flalre had
not learned the full workings of
"Kllltur." But her dual enlighten-
ment was at hand. -
Almost hapnily M19 went [0 the
hath: and, lapped in its purely ani-
mal comfort, she forgot for the mo-
ment the horrors of the last week
and even the crowning horror of the
morning. man nature can stand
just much. Ont‘ it has passed
’lts llnllt. it disregards lurthrr ills.
Clalrc’s had passed the limit: she
could, feel no more without going
mail. Almost she forgot the Ameri-
can reporter-almost, but not quite.
The fact that the fresh clothing
that she was given when she left the
bath was Turkish did not trouble
her. Oilen before, durlniz her work
with the American mission. she had
rouml it ndmntageous to wear the
veil. .
Once she was back in her room,
she sought thru her belongings-
pitlfully few they were-for the
minor toilet appurtenances that she
noodvd. Anti this search she
found a letter.
It was a Very short letter, hastily
t((‘l‘llVVi(‘ll by 3’ lillle accustomed
an :
"‘l'lclovt‘d TPZl(‘lIQI‘I
'"l‘lit‘)' are coming [0 take us to
some people they any are our friends.
But we'rr- iiI‘.'ld scared! You sleep
so deep and you won't wake up. I
believe you life doped. I :lon‘t be-
lleve it l.‘I our friends. I don‘! (rust
that German consul. Flrt-ryl>mlysa)‘s
it IS the iiorilinns who or the
Turks to kill us. And I'm scared!
Grmd-Iiy AX ESHA "
Twice Claire read it, llrnt with he-
wlltlerml-nt, limit with doubt,
with (our. Try as she might. she
(‘mild not dlslnlem Ayt-.Iha's
words as mere silly tlzrrnr. Rein-
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